MONTREAL (二月 8, 2017) – 獅伊馮·米歇爾 (健身房) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24日 BUTE VS. ALVAREZ mega-showdown, 如 盧西恩弼 challenges World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “風暴” 阿爾瓦雷斯 in the 12-round main event, will air live worldwide on pay per view from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, 加拿大.
In addition to Alvarez defending his WBC Silver title against former International Federation Boxing (IBF) super middleweight champion Bute, their fight will also be the final WBC eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for the winner’s GYM stablemate, reigning WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion 阿多尼斯 “超人” 史蒂文森 (28-1-0, 23 科斯).
綜合體育媒體將分發 “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” live in the United States, 開始 8 P.M. AND / 5 P.M. PT, 在電纜上, satellite and internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, 無處不在, DIRECTV, DISH and the FITE app for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.
In Canada, “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” will be available to watch, in English or French, on Canal Indigo, Shaw TV and Bell TV; English-only on Rodgers PPV, as well as in many of the top Canadian sports bars. “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” will also air around the world on an international satellite feed.
“We are very happy to provide the opportunity for the fans in the United States and around the world to watch this great fight live from the beautiful Videotron Center in Quebec City,” GYM總裁 伊馮·米歇爾 說. “This is an extremely significant fight in the highly talented light heavyweight division. The bout will also determine the next opponent for WBC champion Adonis Stevenson in a clash that will be one of the most important and the biggest fights in Canadian boxing history.”
 Romania-born Bute (32-3-1, 25 科斯), who is a Canadian citizen living in Laval (加拿大), held the IBF 168-pound division title for nearly five years (十月. 19, 2007-五月 26, 2012), when the wildly popular southpaw ranked among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Bute has a sterling 10-2-1 (8 科斯) record in world title fights and he has defeated six world champions: Dingaan Thobela, 薩基金牛座, Alejandro Berrio, 威廉Joppy的, Brian Magee 和 格倫 - 約翰遜.
The WBC No. 7-ranked Bute will celebrate his 37日 birthday four days after his fight with Alvarez. All three of his pro career losses have been to world champions: 讓·帕斯卡爾, 卡爾Froch 和 詹姆斯DeGale.
 The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 科斯), 戰鬥了蒙特利爾, is a native of Colombia, where he was a decorated amateur, capturing a gold medalist at the prestigious 2007 Pan-American Games, in addition to being a 2008 Olympian in Beijing, 中國. “風暴” moved to Montreal and turned pro in 2009. He went on to become North American Boxing Organization (鄰居) and North American Boxing Association (還) light heavyweight champion. 在 2014, he stopped previously undefeated Ryno Liebenberg (16-0) in the seventh round of their fight in Monte Carlo to capture the WBC Silver 175-pound division championship, which he has successfully defended twice, both by 12-round decision, 針對 聖伊西德羅普列托Ranoni (24-0-3) and former world title challenger 艾薩克·馬克.
Now ranked No. 1 by the WBC and No. 4 由 午夜凶鈴 magazine, 阿爾瓦雷斯’ most recent fight was last month, in which he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Norbert Dabrowski (19-5-1) 在蒙特利爾.
Additional PPV fights will soon be announced by GYM.
信息:
嘰嘰喳喳: yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
|
